Posted: 7/18/2022 10:40:10 PM EDT
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I'm watching the first episode now. I'm a big Trek fan, not a fan of the newer JJ verse or Discovery, Picard, etc. Giving Strange New Worlds a try. What's the background to this show? I'll do my own research and reading tomorrow but wondering what the hive here has for info. Is this supposed to be in the JJ verse or Prime universe? Is this supposed to be Pike's career before Kirk commanded the Enterprise? Oh, and Rebecca Romaign or however you spell that, she hasn't aged well. Edit: Ok, just finished the first episode. Apparently I need to suffer through some more Discovery to figure out whats going on here? I definitely don't like how they used footage from January 6th to incinuate that it was the beginning of WW3 and the Eugenics Wars, but typical for woke Hollywood. And this Spock is terrible. |
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No. Ignore STD. Go to ST:TOS. Find and watch The Cage. Find and watch The Menagerie. SNW is NCC-1701 with the Commander before Kirk. Pike commanded her for 10 years before Kirk, having taken command after Robert April's 5 year tour (Enterprise's first cruise). YEAH, they've modernized the sets, but the storytelling is great, dovetails nicely with Trek Canon, and is damn fine sci-fi and worthy to be called Star Trek. |
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Originally Posted By SpanishInquisition: No. Ignore STD. Go to ST:TOS. Find and watch The Cage. Find and watch The Menagerie. SNW is NCC-1701 with the Commander before Kirk. Pike commanded her for 10 years before Kirk. YEAH, they've modernized the sets, but the storytelling is great, dovetails nicely with Trek Canon, and is damn fine sci-fi and worthy to be called Star Trek. |
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There's a thread already, where all your questions have been answered.  https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Star-Trek-Strange-New-Worlds/5-2555924/ |
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Originally Posted By ramairthree: We got a brief glimpse of it back when the Star Trek Discovery series started. -snip- Edit- I forgot to add- I also wonder if Diswokeary hurt potential viewing numbers for Strange New Worlds- Much like The Farce Awakens and The Last Straw probably killed interest in Solo. I believe it did, it's the main reason I've put off watching it up to this point. And I must be a star wars outcast, none of the movies new or old really bug me, I enjoy the story as a whole. I feel that "new" star wars is magnitudes better than "new" trek. And Jar Jar doesn't really bother me either lol. |
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I'm just starting the season finale. So far, Click To View Spoiler |
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Originally Posted By SpanishInquisition: Well, let us know when you finish. I feel the series is ready to chart its own course into places we've heard of, but yet to see. I *really* liked the finale. Just finished it. Click To View Spoiler |
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I think they're done dealing with "futures that might be" at this point. The endpoint of Pikes time will happen when Kirk relieves him some 9 years in the future. Meanwhile, there are Gorn to defeat, perhaps a brilliant fleet captain to meet, Who knows, maybe we'll see the Battle of Axanar before it's over. |
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Originally Posted By SpanishInquisition: I think they're done dealing with "futures that might be" at this point. The endpoint of Pikes time will happen when Kirk relieves him some 9 years in the future. Meanwhile, there are Gorn to defeat, perhaps a brilliant fleet captain to meet, Who knows, maybe we'll see the Battle of Axanar before it's over. |
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Two episodes into season 2 so far. The second episode was a little heavy handed with wokeness, but otherwise a decent episode. Honestly when I saw Anson Mount, Rebecca Romjin, and Ethan Peck`s performances in Season 2 of STD, I said to my brother,"This is the star Trek they should have made!" They have better on screen chemistry, and a positive vibe like TOS. Anson Mount owns the role of Capt. Pike. And I want to see more of Spock`s girlfriend.  They need to do more than 10 episodes though.
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Originally Posted By CopyPasta: I think s2e7 is my favorite so far. No spoilers but I don't normally like crossover episodes but this one was done well. I didn't care for that one too much, but the one I just watched was horrible. I hope they don't keep getting worse. 
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